Condolences Pour In After Death Of Virginia Paralegal

A young paralegal from Greene County, Virginia, was identified as the victim of violence that broke out after hundreds of white nationalists converged Saturday in Charlottesville to participate in the Unite the Right rally held against the city’s decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the Emancipation Park.

Heather Heyer, 32, died when a car, with an Ohio license plate, rammed into a crowd near the city’s downtown mall after the rally was dispersed, according to reports. Heyers was one of the counterprotesters marching in jubilation near the mall after the white nationalists dispersed from the scene.

Condolences poured in on social media, with many Twitter users saying Heyer died fighting against racism and hate.

One of the posts read: “Rest in Power #HeatherHeyer we will remember and celebrate you and the legacies of other victims of hate as we continue to #resist.” While another Twitter user said: “Her name was Heather Heyer. Killed by a coward in cold blood. Thank you for your heroism Heather. You won’t be forgotten. #Charlottesviille.”

Many Redditors also acknowledged that she died for a right cause. Here is one of the post.

Another post read: “This is Heather Heyer. She gave her life today to resist White supremacist terror. Our president won’t say her name, so we must. Say. Her. Name. (sic)”

According to her LinkedIn profile, Heyer was working at the Miller Law Group PC in Virgina. Her last Facebook post read: “If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention.”

Several fundraising campaigns were also started on the crowdsourcing website, Gofundme, to support Heyer’s family. One of the pages, called “Our Sister’s Keeper #HeatherHeyer” was created by Felicia Venita Correa from Charlottesville. Its description read: “Heather Heyer was murdered while protesting against hate….